February 28, 2009

February 2009

Feb 23, 2009Here is a link to a short documentary profiling an 11-year-old Pakistani girl on the last day before the Taliban (Islamic extremist) close down her school.

Feb 17, 2009A man who founded a Muslim-American television station to help fight Muslim stereotypes is to appear in a suburban Buffalo court on charges that he decapitated his wife last week.

Feb 16, 2009GENOA, Italy, Atheists' first rolling advertisement in Italy got off to an ignominious start when the bus touting their message "The Good News Is There Are Millions of Atheists In Italy; The Excellent News Is They Believe In Freedom Of Expression" conked out and had t head back to the depot for repairs.

Feb 15, 2009An Austrian pastor (right) who created a controversy by suggesting that God punished New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina because of the city's sins said he will ask the pope to rescind his promotion.

Feb 13, 2009A suicide bomber hiding explosives under he garments killed 35 Shite pilgrims south of Baghdad who were walking in an annual procession to the holy city of Karbala. Many of the dead were women and children.

Feb 2, 2009Suspected Muslim rebels killed and then decapitated two Thai paramilitary rangers in the Muslim-majority far south, which has been plagued by five years of separatist unrest.